Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
To cultivate critical thinking, and how it can be applied to a wide range of research topics in Psychology. This course will take a practical, skill-building approach to examining the nature of psychological research, the formulation of research questions, research design and methods, and the analysis, interpretation, and presentation of research data and results. The course will enable the student to become competent in exploring, evaluating, and applying research findings to the wide range of problems in Psychology. It is also designed to help students become more sophisticated consumers of the increasing flood of scientific news, to help them discriminate between junk and serious science. It will also provide a solid methodological foundation for students to undertake their final year projects. At the end of the course, each student should decide on a topic for his/her final year project and develop a preliminary research project proposal. This proposal would form part of the course assessment.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
At the completion of the course the student should have a critical understanding of influence of social –psychological phenomena which occur in our daily lives. The student will develop an awareness of the fact that we sometimes spend entire days in interacting in a variety of different situations which lend themselves to the theories and principles of Social Psychology. The student will be aware of the contributions of social psychologists in the fields of business, medicine law and related areas. Social psychology is now represented as an element in other areas of psychology: clinical, forensic, industrial and organisational. Contributions to these fields flow in from the field of social psychology. Social psychology will give the student an interest and appreciation for cultural diversity and national interest, these areas represent extensive interest in research and experimentation in attempt to determine which are universal and which are cultural bound. Finally, emphasis will be placed on understanding the traditional topics such as aggression, violence, altruism, humanism and other social forces.

Pre-requisite(s):
PSY2043 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

Course Description:
Developmental psychology is designed to provide the student with the fundamental knowledge and appreciation of the concepts of human development. The student will begin with the introduction of scientific methods and research models in the area of human development. This will prepare the student to read and understand the evolution and technological advances in the discipline of psychology and particularly, developmental psychology. The student will be introduced to the“bio-psycho-social” model as it applies to human development; this will include relevant cultural and social issues related to the fact that human development is not driven or determined by isolated biological force but expressed as a dynamic between the elements of heredity and environment which shape the human organism.

Pre-requisite(s): None 

Course Description:
This is an introductory level course designed to provide an understanding of the basic scientific principles supporting the discipline of psychology. The course begins with the historic roots of psychology and the fundamentals of empirical research which will provide the basis of the bio-psycho-social model used throughout the course. The course will cover a wide range of topics beginning with the study of human development which will lead to further discussion of cognition, personality, learning perception, psychopathology and principles of socialisation, etc.